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Welcome to Greathouse Ford ...

Greathouse Ford is located in Wayne County<1>.

Greathouse Ford is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Greathouse Ford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Greathouse Ford (for example, toward Decker (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Greathouse Ford: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Greathouse Ford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Greathouse Ford.

  • Mount Vernon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Flora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wayne City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bluford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cisne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dahlgren
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Iuka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dix
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Dix is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dix <4>
  • Xenia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Greathouse Ford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greathouse Ford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Greathouse Ford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greathouse Ford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Greathouse Ford. See our Newspapers Page for Greathouse Ford.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greathouse Ford ...

Looking for more information about Greathouse Ford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Greathouse Ford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Greathouse Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greathouse Ford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Greathouse Ford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Greathouse Ford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.